GRADUATE STUDENTS

Yiu Chu (Ph.D., MIT, Physics, May 1993)
Thesis Title: "Theoretical Studies of Pure Electron Plasmas in Asymmetric Traps".

Ge Zhang (Ph.D., Clark University, Physics, September 1993)
Thesis Title: "Investigation of the Performance of Free-Electron Lasers and Mode Competition in Free Electron Lasers".

Xiao Tong Yu (Ph.D., MIT, Physics, March 1994)
Thesis Title: "Intensity Limits in Storage Rings".

Gennady Shvets (Ph.D., MIT, Physics, January 1995)
Thesis Title: "Intense Laser Interaction with Plasma".

Chia Lian Lin (Ph.D., MIT, EECS, January 1995)
Thesis Title: "Experimental and Theoretical Studies of a High Frequency RF Gun".

Palma Catravas (MIT, EECS, February 1998; Herman Haus EECS adviser)
Thesis Title: "Nonperturbative Electron Beam Diagnostics with a Microwiggler".

Pavel Volfbeyn (MIT, Physics, May 1998; Wim Leemans, co-adviser)
Thesis Title: "Experimental Studies of Wake Excitation and Laser Guiding in Plasma Channels".

Richa Govil (UCB, Physics, May 1999; Wim Leemans, research advisor)
Thesis Title: "Return Current Effects in Passive Plasma Lenses for Relativistic Electron Beams".

Carl Schroeder (UCB, Physics, December 1999)
Thesis Title: "Plasma-Based Accelerating Structures".

Ekaterina Backhaus (UCB, Physics, May 2001)
Thesis Title: "Theoretical Studies of Collisionless Relaxation in Beam-Plasma Systems".

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

Ivan Deutsch (BA, MIT, Physics, May 1987)
Thesis Title: "Free Electron Radiation Induced by Stimulated Transition Scattering".

Jesse Dotson (BA, MIT, Physics, May 1989)
Thesis Title: "A Multiple Waveguide Mode Simulation of Cyclotron Autoresonance Masers".

Matthew McCluskey (BA, MIT, Physics, May 1991)
Thesis Title: "Phase Stability in the Two-Beam Accelerator".

Peter Lee (BA, UC Berkeley, Engineering Physics, August 1998; Wim Leemans, co-adviser)
Thesis Title: "Analysis of Optically Trapped Electron Bunches by Colliding Laser Pulses in Plasma Accelerators".

POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHERS

Dr. Wen-Hao Cheng

Dr. Eun-San Kim

Dr. Hur-Min Sup

Dr. Brad Shadwick

VISITING SCIENTISTS

Prof. Pallavi Jha

Dr. Hirobumi Saito

Dr. Trach-Min Tran

Dr. Shin-Ichi Kodama

Dr. Margalit Ben-Ari